Looking at one-hour results, and just finishing New England Masters SCY Championships at Harvard, how is it that older swimmers are getting faster and faster, and pretty much everyone is getting faster and faster compared to a few years ago when there seemed to be more mortal swimmers?
What are older (45+ women; at this point 65+ men) swimmers doing that keeps them at such elite levels? Weights? Extensive training? How much of both? How do they have jobs and families and train? The field of fast swimmers is getting deeper and deeper. Anyone have idea as to why?
I want to know the secrets. Are the people who race now self-selecting more and more as elite swimmers? Has everyone swum all their lives? I know to swim hard you have to train hard, but I am baffled by sudden increase in amazing fast times and so many records getting broken.
Rich,
I have that problem and I have no idea how to slow down beyond a medium pace. When I swim by myself I try to swim 50 free as slow as I can and still maintain good form. The slowest I manage is 42 seconds for 50m. I can get it to about 47 by swimming with closed fists. Everyone tells me I need to slow down but I'll be durned if I can figure out HOW. Even doing descend sets, I swim the first at what I think is a slow pace (this morning first 75m was what I thought was slow, turns out it was 1:00, ugh). So I hear what you are saying but I have no idea how to put the brakes on.
Paul
Rich,
I have that problem and I have no idea how to slow down beyond a medium pace. When I swim by myself I try to swim 50 free as slow as I can and still maintain good form. The slowest I manage is 42 seconds for 50m. I can get it to about 47 by swimming with closed fists. Everyone tells me I need to slow down but I'll be durned if I can figure out HOW. Even doing descend sets, I swim the first at what I think is a slow pace (this morning first 75m was what I thought was slow, turns out it was 1:00, ugh). So I hear what you are saying but I have no idea how to put the brakes on.
Paul
